Hughes III government

The Hughes III government was the thirteenth government of Australia . She served from February 17, 1917 to January 10, 1918. All members of the government belonged to the National Party of Australia .

The previous government was a minority government of the National Labor Party (NLP) - a split of the Labor Party's conscription supporters - under Prime Minister Billy Hughes , which was supported by the Liberal Party (LP). In February 1917, the NLP and LP merged to form the Nationalist Party of Australia , which was the third Hughes government. In the parliamentary elections in May 1917 , the Nationalist Party won an absolute majority in the House and Senate . On December 20, 1917, as in October 1916, another referendum took place on the introduction of conscription. The majority against conscription was even larger than in the first vote. Prime Minister Hughes resigned on January 8, as promised before the vote in the event of defeat, but remained chairman of the Nationalist Party. Governor-General Ronald Munro-Ferguson then instructed Hughes again to form a government.

List of ministers

Office	minister	Term of office
Prime Minister and Attorney General	Billy Hughes	February 17, 1917 - January 10, 1918
Naval Minister	Joseph Cook	February 17, 1917 - January 10, 1918
Treasury minister	John Forrest	February 17, 1917 - January 10, 1918
Defense Minister	George Pearce	February 17, 1917 - January 10, 1918
Vice President of the Executive Council	Edward Millen	February 17, 1917 - November 16, 1917
Vice President of the Executive Council	Littleton Groom	November 16, 1917 - January 10, 1918
Minister for Repatriation	Edward Millen	September 28, 1917 - January 10, 1918
Minister for Labor and Railways	William Watt	February 17, 1917 - January 10, 1918
Minister of the Interior and Territories	Patrick Glynn	February 17, 1917 - January 10, 1918
Postmaster General	William Webster	February 17, 1917 - January 10, 1918
Minister for Trade and Customs	William Archibald	February 17, 1917 - January 10, 1918

Honorary Minister	Edward Russell	February 17, 1917 - January 10, 1918
Honorary Minister	Littleton Groom	February 17, 1917 - November 16, 1917

Web links

Parliamentary Handbook for the 45th Parliament. (PDF; 13.4 MB) Part 6: Historical information on the Australian Parliament - Ministries and Cabinets. Parliament of Australia, p. 523 , accessed April 22, 2019 .

Individual evidence

↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 5 f, 23, 139 , accessed on April 27, 2019 .
^ LF Fitzhardinge: Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862-1952) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 9. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1983, ISBN 0-522-84273-9 (English).
^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 210-214.

[Wahl-1] Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 5 f, 23, 139 , accessed on April 27, 2019 .

[Hughes-2] LF Fitzhardinge: Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862-1952) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 9. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1983, ISBN 0-522-84273-9 (English).

[Voigt-3] Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 210-214.